McDonald Runner-Up at 2018 Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Scott
McDonald

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
David
Staples

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.33
PA/G:	6.85
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) lost 7-6 to Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel, held November 1 - 4, 2018 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McDonald won 5-3 over Doug MacKenzie (Halifax , NS) in the semifinals of the 2018 Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 6-4 over Ed Cyr (Fredericton, NB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

McDonald finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated Jason Vaughan (Saint John, NB) 6-5, then went on to lose 5-3 against Ian Fitzner-Leblanc (Halifax, NS). McDonald responded with a 8-5 win over Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS). McDonald won 11-8 against Scott Webb (Peace River, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel, McDonald take home 19.348 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize. McDonald move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5.501 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 237.400 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McDonald ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 140.468 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: James Grattan
James Grattan, Joel Krats, Paul Dobson, Andy McCann
Oromocto , NB
2022: Adam Casey
Adam Casey, Craig Savill, Steve Burgess, Robbie Doherty
Charlottetown, PEI
2021: Paul Flemming
Paul Flemming, Scott Saccary, Ryan Abraham, Philip Crowell
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2019: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jesse Mullen, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Julien Tremblay
Levis, QC
2018: Jamie Murphy
Jamie Murphy, Paul Flemming, Scott Saccary, Philip Crowell
Halifax, NS
2017: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Andrew Gibson, Stephen Burgess, Luke Saunders
Halifax, NS
2016: Jamie Murphy
Jamie Murphy, Jordan Pinder, Scott Saccary, Philip Crowell
Halifax, NS
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike Flemming
Mike Flemming, Mike Bardsley, Kyle Schmeisser, Peter Ross
Halifax, NS
2013: Lee Buott
Lee Buott, Colten Steele, Neil Gallant, Nick Burdock
Halifax, NS

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